B.I.G.'s Mom 'Shocked, Angry' About 'Notorious'
As Biopic Hits Screens, Rapper's Mother Speaks Out on Son's Dark Past
A: That was something I discovered during the process. When I read the script, I read my part. When I spoke to the writer [author Cheo Hedari Coker] … I told him he had to interview Christopher's friends. I hadn't read their part. I saw it on the screen and in filming. It was very, very hard. There were days during filming when I was not there. Then seeing certain things happening, putting it together, seeing it in its entirety -- it was completely different. I wanted to be shocked, and shocked I was. Angry I was, very very, angry.
As a mother, you're trying to make a life for your son. To find out that during the time when he was supposed to be in school, he was not in school; knowing that he was selling drugs -- that pissed me off. I thought that was disrespectful. He jeopardized me, he manipulated me, he disrespected my home. I could've been in jail. Was I angry about that? Of course I was angry. That character I didn't like very much.
My love for my son has not changed, but the fact is, I'm angry at him. And if he were here, it would be a different story.
Q: What are your thoughts on the reported "East Coast/West Coast" rap feud of the 1990s?
A: I don't think there was any East Coast/West Coast feud. I feel that the media and some really annoying people took a situation and blew it out of proportion. They took a wonderful friendship and obliterated it, destroyed it.
Q: How are you handling the case of who murdered your son?
A: Today, I'm in waiting mode. This I will not discuss. Any questions pertaining to the case must be directed to my attorney. But I'm waiting like everyone else.
(Wallace, Biggie's estate and his widow, singer Faith Evans, sued the City of Los Angeles in 2001. After a July 2005 mistrial, the case is currently in a holding pattern, according to Wallace's attorney Perry Sanders. Sanders said the suit "alleges that certain (Los Angeles) police officers were involved in his (Biggie's) homicide," and that the city has "a pattern and practice in place that facilitated officers participating in unlawful conduct." The criminal case also remains open and an "active criminal investigation is going on as we speak," according to Sanders.)
Q: Are you in touch with any of Tupac Shakur's family or friends?
A: A few days after my son's death, Afeni Shakur [Tupac's mom] and I started talking. Today, to this moment, have a wonderful relationship. We talk, we compliment each other, we bless each other. The relationship is as smooth as a baby's bottom.
Q: What did you want to accomplish with "Notorious," and what do you hope audiences come away with?
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